WOMAN ARRESTED IN FATAL STABBING

“Riverside, CA – On Tuesday, June 8, 2021 at 3:08 a.m., Riverside Police officers responded to the Riverside University Health System Medical Center for a male stabbing victim that had been brought into the emergency room.

When officers arrived, they learned the victim had been brought to the hospital by his ex-girlfriend with a stab wound to his chest and died from his injuries minutes after arriving at the hospital. The victim was identified as 25-year-old Robert Emilio Minjares of Moreno Valley.

Preliminary investigation revealed the incident occurred inside Mr. Minjares’ vehicle while parked at a parking lot in the 2000 block of Alessandro Boulevard in Riverside. Mr. Minjares and his ex-girlfriend were involved in an argument inside his vehicle and at some point during the argument she produced a knife and stabbed him in the chest.

Detectives with the Robbery – Homicide Unit, along with Specialists from the Forensics Unit, responded and assumed the investigation. They were assisted by the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.

Brittany Juarez, 24-years-old of Moreno Valley, was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center for murder and is being held without bail.

Anyone with additional information about this homicide and arrest is urged to contact Detective Bryon Adcox at (951) 353-7134 or JAdcox@RiversideCA.gov or Detective Bryan Galbreath at (951) 353-7105 or BGalbreath@RiversideCA.gov.

Those wishing to remain anonymous can email rpdtips@riversideca.gov or utilize the Riverside Police Department’s mobile app “Submit a Tip” feature while referencing report number 210015896.”